On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 03:31:20AM +0100, Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> >Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
> >of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
> >my harddisk? I'll run e2fsck to check on defragmentation but would still
> >like to know how to run the defrag program.
> >Thanks for your replys and consideration of my request,
>
> e2defrag can't defrag your filesystem because it doesn't understand some
> of the options set on it. The probable reason is the "dir_index" flag
> (hashed directories for fast access when they have lots of files), but I
> don't even know if it could handle it even without it (because of the
> journal).
>
> Bottom line is: if you could force it to do its job, it would most
> likely trash your filesystem.
# apt-cache show defrag | less
Package: defrag
[..]
Description: ext2, minix and xiafs filesystem defragmenter
^^^^
Wouldn't risk it on ext3. If it shouldn't be used on ext2 it should be
removed.
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Chris.
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